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Well, I had given it some thought and came to the conclusion that I could not recall ever seeing anyone twist wrought iron for their fittings.
I really wanted something different for this, being my first Damascus offering of Andersen Forge Damascus.
So, I twisted a bar of wrought iron for the guard, heavily etched it, hot-blued it, and high-lighted it by lightly sanding some of the bluing off of the high spots that results from the etching.
As well, the 405 layers of 1084/15N20 were hot-blued and high-lighted.
A solid piece of Ebony was used for the take-down handle work.
A LOT of black going on here, but she just DANCES in the sunlight!
It's a true pleasure to post it here.
I thought I might also post it showing the guard prior to hot-bluing.
I really wanted something different for this, being my first Damascus offering of Andersen Forge Damascus.
So, I twisted a bar of wrought iron for the guard, heavily etched it, hot-blued it, and high-lighted it by lightly sanding some of the bluing off of the high spots that results from the etching.
As well, the 405 layers of 1084/15N20 were hot-blued and high-lighted.
A solid piece of Ebony was used for the take-down handle work.
A LOT of black going on here, but she just DANCES in the sunlight!
It's a true pleasure to post it here.
I thought I might also post it showing the guard prior to hot-bluing.
